Is there a site that goes into detail on every substitute? Like, my failure last time was none of the subs were any good, but its been a decade almost. stuff evolves. I love the taste and and feel of so many animal products. A roomie is going vegan, and I kinda want to join. But I'm scared of missing out. I FOMO hard. I want to. I really do, but I am gourmand hedonist who loves food and loves cooking for other people so much. I am a much better cook because of what I learned when I tried last, but god damn I NEED cheese and eggs in life you feel? I need something that compares to avoid that FOMO.
But when I was vegan I was in the best shape of my life, so I want to go back because who doesn't want to look good and be confident?
TLDR: A knowledge repository with the closest to 1:1 for animal product vegan versions that get damn close. I don't want to miss out if that makes sense.
Speaking purely culinarily:
Pan-fried seitan (or field roast) is the best protein-rich food with caramelized bits. Not the best vegan one, just the best. Only downside compared to meat is that it's kind of weird to eat it with bread.
Nutritional yeast is on par with cheese as a source of weird funky flavors. Less popular mushrooms can also fit that niche (crimini/button/portabella mushrooms of course are not funky at all).
Pan-fried fruit is under-explored in our culture. Pears work well, and cook well with booze.
Chocolate is vegan. I mean, milk chocolate obviously isn't, but milk chocolate is trash anyway, so whatever.
There's no general-purpose replacement for eggs and cheese when they're used as emulsifiers or whatever. If you're baking or making a sauce or something, you'll have to look up a vegan substitute specific to the recipe you're using. You should expect your first try with any given substitute to be bad.